April 13, 2019 Cheap background checks, heart-rate monitoring and more: Tech Q&A I want to run a background check on someone. The people search sites are annoying and expensive. What’s the best way to do a background check on someone?
April 9, 2019 Hacker blackmailed almost $1M from porn website users, spent proceeds on prostitutes, $6G Rolex A hacker who extorted more than $913,000 by blackmailing users of porn websites has been jailed in the U.K.
April 7, 2019 Top iPhone, Android apps for blocking robocalls Major carriers and app developers are ramping up their tactics for tackling robocalls on the iPhone and Android devices.
March 31, 2019 Watch out for these clever tax scams In a few weeks, the dreaded tax season will be over. We loathe those oddly titled documents with the tiny print. We wonder what number – refund or remainder – those mysterious equations will spit out. As more of us sign up as part-time contractors, driving for Lyft and selling crafts on Etsy, our taxes get more complicated. We get anxious.
March 28, 2019 FTC bans four companies for making billions of robocalls I think there is a universal hatred of robocalls, which are never useful and therefore always waste your time.
March 25, 2019 Facebook Live post sparks controversy, results in student’s wiretapping guilty plea A student and political activist in Maryland has pleaded guilty to illegally wiretapping a congressional staffer and putting the conversation on Facebook Live without consent.
March 21, 2019 Suck it up, snowflakes: Online trigger warnings are useless, researchers say Suck it up, snowflakes. Trigger warnings don’t work.
March 20, 2019 San Diego installs more than 3,000 cameras and sensors on street lights The streetlights in San Diego are doing more than illuminating sidewalks.
March 16, 2019 Nude photos, tax statements and more: Old USB drives contain highly sensitive info A whopping two-thirds of secondhand USB drives contain recoverable data from the previous owner, including some highly sensitive and personal information, according to a new study.
March 13, 2019 Pro-Trump app threatens expert for finding flaw in code It's not every day a software bug gets pulled into the culture wars.
